Midstate golf notebook: Short putts lead to a pro title

12:50 AM,
Sep. 18, 2013

Written by

Rich Hayes
| For The Tennessean

The former Western Kentucky golfer made every putt inside that testy length over three rounds at the 45th Tennessee Professional Championship last week at Westhaven Golf Club in Franklin to capture the $7,500 first-place check and a Thursday tee time at the 2014 PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis.

"Those putts won the golf tournament for me," said the 40-year-old Burgin, a four-time winner of the event. "When you're doing that, it keeps the confidence up. It lets you know that if you hit a bad shot, it's OK, I'm making every putt, ...